Jazz for aficionados
Jazz for aficionados
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
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acman3, that was totally new to me. That is interesting since I've commented a couple of times on connections I found between Baroque/Bach and jazz. Now to clarify my position since I commented on likes and dislikes by identifying musical categories. In fact, I basically agree with frogman and Duke Ellington, "There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind." |
Well, pryso, I would have bet my “six eye” copy of that great record that it would be the one in the link even before clicking on it 😉. I think that record makes my point about how genre designation can create a lot of confusion; and, for me, ultimately a pointless exercise. That record is as good an example of what most people would call Third Stream as any...most people. How about some more confusion? There is something that is left out of most definitions of “Third Stream” that is, for me, what makes me say “Third Stream!”; and is the thing that, if forced, would make me say that the record is a jazz record...more than anything else. I am talking about the ATTITUDE of the music and the playing. To my ears many “Third Stream” compositions, in an attempt to straddle the line between Jazz and Classical, end up sounding somewhat self-consciously deliberate and stiff and without the looseness and relaxed attitude of good jazz. To my ears this record has very much a jazz attitude. Whatever anyone chooses to call it, it is great music. |
I am sure this might sound incredulous to some, but the genre that most resembles Jazz to my ear, is Bluegrass. Check the solos. Love it. I have this on CD and DVD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRi6yhqmuxU BTW, this was recorded at Historic Fisk University in Nashville. Home of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Cheers |
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